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Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)PO Box 28, Spit Junction, NSW 2088AWPA update. September 2009There were a number of new attacks around the Freeport mine in the past month. The latest attacks occurred soon after an additional 600 TNI personnel arr...

A Report on the violent conflict in the nation of Papua during the period of the general election for the legislature and presidency in April, May, June 2009)By Markus Haluk(From the Working Team for National Consensus of the People of Papua)Jayapura, 31 ...

Cenderawasih Pos, 17 September 2009Abridged in translationA demonstration took place in Abepura and outside the district court in Jayapura on Wednesday calling on the court to review the sentences passed against Buchtar Tabuni and Sebby Sembom (both servi...

Posted at 02:36 on 11 September, 2009 UTC
A Papuan man in Indonesia has been sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in a demonstration in Jayapura last October.
Sebby Sambom has already been in custody for nine months after taking part i...

Army Chief of Staff General Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo said therecent spate of shooting incidents in PT Freeport Indonesia'sconcession area in Timika, Papua, was the work of criminalgangs, not that of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM)....

In West Papua, US company Freeport-McMoran is in the cross-hairs.JAKARTA, Indonesia — Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a military convoy traveling along a road leading to the American-owned Freeport-McMoran Gold and Copper mine in Indonesia’...

Timika, Papua (ANTARA News) - Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Aburizal Bakrie symbolically handed 380 housing units to former separatist Papua movement members at a ceremony here Tuesday. The houses were intended for former members of the Natio...

Intervew by WPNewsWPNews Good morning Mr. Yugum could you tell us about situation in Bogolame?Yugum Tabuni : thank you very much situation in Bogolame today my peoples are all hiding in the juggles mostly Children, woman, elderly and man all hiding in the...

WPNews: Can you tell us what happening in your villageYugum Tabuni : I need to tell you that today Indonesia Military and Police about 400 Personnel from Wamena and tolikara come to our Village with heavy weapon Attack our Villager.WPNews: who are the com...

This is the 64th in a series of monthly reports that focus on developments affecting Papuans. This series is produced by the non-profit West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) drawing on media accounts, other NGO assessments, and analysis and reporting from sourc...

Dear Friend of West PapuaIn this update we bring you news of a shocking new undercoverdocumentary on the situation in West Papua, as well as latestdevelopments from West Papua including Indonesia's refusal to allow theInternational Committee of the Red Cr...